Journalism Journey Initiative Journalist

At least five years of experience working as a print journalist or related position in a print journalism environment is preferred.
A bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or related field preferred.
A successful track record of journalism. This could include beat writing, investigative journalism, specialty reporting or news leadership.

With training, assume a full-time journalism position reporting to a Scripps local newsroom.
Participate in initial and then occasional “in person” group training with other Journalism Journey employees that may include participation in journalism conferences, attending seminars, workshops, and custom Scripps content creator training.
Utilize ongoing practice, feedback and coaching to advance your video-driven storytelling abilities.
Participate in the editorial process at the assigned Scripps business unit. This could include producing individual news stories, newscasts, digital content, or preparing to supervise the work of others.
Create excellent, audience-directed content for multi-media platforms and social media.
Provide mentoring for peers and future members of the Journalism Journey Initiative.

Ability to multi-task and manage ongoing projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Excellent interpersonal skills and broad capacity to collaborate at all levels of the organization.
Highly adaptability: demonstrated openness and capacity to seek new opportunities and adopt new ways of doing things.
Avid local or national news consumer awareness: knows daily news, events, trends, and happenings on a local or national level.
Strong vision and ability to advance stories.
Extraordinarily passionate about writing; courageous and creative storyteller with attention to even tiny details – choosing the perfect words, grammar, spelling.
Exceptional communication skills, oral and written.